South Carolina Business Review

This is the time of year when we share with you some excerpts from the most recent University of South Carolina Darla Moore School of Business Economic Outlook Conference.  Today’s excerpt comes from Doug Woodward, professor of economics, Darla Moore School of Business.

This is the time of year when we share with you some excerpts from the most recent University of South Carolina Darla Moore School of Business Economic Outlook Conference. Today’s excerpt comes from Joey Von Nessen, chief economist at the Moore School’s Division of Research.

This is the time of year when we share with you some excerpts from the most recent University of South Carolina Darla Moore School of Business Economic Outlook Conference.  Today’s excerpt comes from Joey Von Nessen, chief economist at the Moore School’s Division of Research.

This is the time of year when we share with you some excerpts from the most recent University of South Carolina Darla Moore School of Business Economic Outlook Conference.  Today’s excerpt comes from Joey Von Nessen, chief economist at the Moore School’s Division of Research.

We have all heard about the backlog of court cases, sometimes causing years of delays.  Part of the reason for these delays are all the work that goes into trial preparation.  Which is why our next guest decided to tackle the problem with a software solution. Mike Switzer interviews Ari Goodstein, CEO of LawLens in Summerville, SC.

While homelessness persists across our state, there are programs that are making a difference and in fact, one such Midlands program that began almost 11 years ago is one that has become a model for cities statewide.  Mike Switzer interviews Kieley Sutton, assistant public defender for the Fifth Judicial Circuit and the South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense.  The program she’s involved wit...

You may not know that Dean Kamen, the inventor of the Segway scooter, also founded a national nonprofit robotics competition called FIRST Robotics.  There are dozens of teams competing across our state including one in the Midlands being coached by our next guest.  Billfred Leverette is head coach of Team 1293, also known as the Pandamaniacs.

Most people probably think of financial planning as something you do for retirement and saving for our kids’ college costs. But our next guest says she is seeing more families, especially here in South Carolina, who are supporting two generations at the same time.  This means financial planning can also include caring for parents who now need help with medical decisions, living arrangements, or da...

Mike Switzer interviews Jason Thomas, executive editor of SCBiz, which publishes several business journals across our state.  Jason tells us about the Columbia Metropolitan Airport naming a new president and CEO.  He also shares news in the cybersecurity, nuclear, and more. 

Mike Switzer interviews Jay Blankenship, director of workforce engagement with Renewable Water Resources, known as ReWa, in Greenville, SC.

Mike Switzer interviews Shane Ziegler, co-founder, owner and operator of Barrier Island EcoTours at the Isle of Palms, SC.

Mike Switzer interviews Jamie Lovegrove, a public affairs representative with Scout Motors in Blythewood, SC.

You may have heard news stories this year about the Trump family making major investments in the cryptocurrency markets, the latest being a $314 million deal with a new bitcoin mining company.

Guest Jessica Holdman, a reporter with the South Carolina Daily Gazette, tells us that the new gas plant planned for Canadys has significantly increased cost estimates.

Affordable housing continues to be an issue across the country and our state.  You heard from us recently about an initiative from the state housing authority and now we’ve learned of another one from our next guest’s Lowcountry organization.  $50 million dollars for Charleston, Berkeley, and Dorchester counties.  Mike Switzer interviews Jason Brown with the Charleston Regional Development Allianc...

There’s no doubt that nonprofits play a key part in the growth of our state’s economy.  Our next guest’s Upstate organization is working toward that end by helping the nonprofits in their area become more resilient and innovative through a five month program that recently culminated in a pitch event for investors and donors.  Mike Switzer interviews Katy Smith, executive director of Greater Good G...

Mike Switzer interviews Steve Ray Ladson, from Hopkins, SC.

One year ago, a Midlands economic development organization transitioned to a new one that has now announced the completion of a new workforce training center as qualified labor shortages remain tight.  Mike Switzer interviews Jeff Ruble, CEO of the Columbia Area Development Partnership.

Mike Switzer interviews Joey Von Nessen, chief economist at the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC.

Mike Switzer interviews Alan Cooper, founder and editor of three online business news websites in South Carolina: MidlandsBiz , UpstateBizSC , and LowCountryBizSC .  Alan tells us about new parks in Charleston, Greenville, and Columbia.

Homelessness continues to be an issue across the country and here in our state.  Many solutions have been proposed and tried, yet the problem remains.  Mike Switzer interviews Kyle Harding, executive director of the Oliver Gospel Mission in Columbia, SC. (This is a replay of an episode that originally aired on September 11, 2025)

As we’ve discussed on our show a few times this year, affordable housing continues to be an issue across the country and here in our state.  Our next guest’s organization is probably the most well known in that area.  Mike Switzer interviews Moryah Jackson, executive director of Central South Carolina Habitat for Humanity in Columbia, SC. (This is a replay of an episode that originally aired on Ju...

“Nuclear energy is back” says our next guest and that’s good news for his college which has a nuclear engineering graduate program, the only one in our state.  Mike Switzer interviews Dr. Travis Knight, chair and professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Molinaroli College of Engineering and Computing at the University of South Carolina and Director of USC’s Nuclear Engineering Graduate Program .

It seems like investment choices have been expanding ever since listed stock option trading arrived on the scene more than 50 years ago.  The latest examples are cryptocurrencies and private equity.  Some are saying that this could create a stock market crash on the scale of 1929.  Mike Switzer interviews Rob DeHollander, a certified financial planner in Greenville, SC. Article discussed: The Rule...

It’s Monday, and that’s when we like to take a look at current business issues that are trending across our state and discuss them with one of our fellow news media friends.  This week, Mike Switzer interviews John McDermott, business editor of the Post and Courier in Charleston, SC.  John gives us updates on Boeing, Scout Motors, Costco, Redwood Materials, and a record home sale.